Include Files and Preview mode best...

Jan 8th, 2012 at 02:02 PM
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Rob Freyder
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New guy alert! :cool:

I've been searching the forums and the consensus seems to be that preview mode will not handle SSI include directives.

Is that a true statement?

Like many others I want to re-use pieces of code such as headers, nav menus and footers.
As a new coder I use the preview mode extensively and am not ready to give that up so I am looking for a way to include html files that allow preview mode to work properly.

Any suggestions?

Many Thanks!
Rob.

Jan 8th, 2012 at 02:44 PM
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david wilson
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My usual plan of attack is to create one page completely, then figure out what bits n' pieces can be broken out into other reusable files.

Then WAMP comes into play, I use wamp to create a local server on my computer so I can use php and ssi.

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Jan 8th, 2012 at 05:18 PM
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Rob Freyder
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But unless I am mistaken that doesn't preserve the "preview" capability I desire to keep.
Jan 8th, 2012 at 05:52 PM
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david wilson
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If you are referring to the preview tab I cannot guarantee that, as I have never used it, but the test in browser options work great :)
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Jan 8th, 2012 at 05:57 PM
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david wilson
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here is a sample of a page that I called index.php and renders in all browsers with WAMP

<div id="main_container" class="curved shadow">
<img src="image_banner/banners/rotate.php" width="800" height="200" alt="Virtual international Flying Club" title="Virtual International Flying Club" />
<div id="menu_box"><?php include("menu/menu.html"); ?></div>
<div id="main_content">
<div id="content_1">
<?php include("content/main_page.html"); ?>
</div> <!-- close content 1 -->
<div id="content_2" class="curved">
<?php include("content/calendar.html"); ?>
<?php include("content/teamspeak.html"); ?>
<?php include("content/vatsim.html"); ?>
</div> <!-- close content 2 -->
</div> <!-- close main content -->
<?php include("footer/footer.php"); ?>
</div> <!-- close main container -->
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Jan 8th, 2012 at 07:36 PM
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Rob Freyder
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Yes. The preview tab is what I am talking about.
I know that I can upload to my server and test in browser of choice but that is not what I am referring to as that requires extra steps.

just trying to streamline the process.

I appreciate your input and I'll continue to investigate and report back.

Thanks,
Rob
Jan 9th, 2012 at 03:52 AM
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Inger
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As of now php and ssi files cannot be previewed in the HTML Editor. There are future plans of including something that makes it possible to view php files, though. I don't know exactly how they are intending to do it, but some sort of local server will be necessary.

I do as David, use the Wamp server, which is really easy to install, and then I keep at least one browser open for previewing.
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